Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-31
VICTORY OVER THE BLoopuouxp..

VICTORY OVER THE BLOoDUoUNDs.
do, but we ate our breakfast in a back kitchen,
and then went into the large house to get our
hats Just thcn three men walked in. They
talked little time about the weather and
the war. and We began to edge toward the door
They asked us II we had not broken jail in At
lanta- We told them that we had. Then they
advised us TO surrender, saying that the ferries
and roa were all guarded, and that part of our
comrades hal been shot down in the woods, and
that they had come to take us. Brown said No,
won't. now you see II VIZ do" We jumped
out Of the back door and made for the neiGhhor-
ing wood, jumping the fence and running like
two deer. They r;n out at the front door ard
rlund tho cni Of the house, calling, Hiatt halt"
but We did not halt. We had no choice but to
abandon Mason, who was taken back to Atlanta
the same day. We undertook to cut across the
road TO get in behind them, we feared to cross
the open plantation; but we failed and
had to take the risk. The old fellow with
whom VIC had stayed turned his hounds loose
aud put eri on our trail We had big hill to
go d ,wn and then one 10 go up before we could
reach T. e woods We put In our best licl and
could hear the hounds coming their best. e got
down the hill and across the fiat, and were climb
lug the hin, when we saw that the hounds were
about to overtake u.s. and we prepared for battle
by stopping In stony place and getting pile Of
r,,cks ready. We waited for them to come ciosc
N, an took them at short raaSe. We rolled
them down tn" h,ll, and then. as the southcrners
uacd to say after a ba tie: We won the victory,
hut We evacuated the ground" for by this time
could sce our three callers coming around the
road near BY. on horseback, to get ahead of us.
We got to the wodas SION rs possibl . and
when were out of sight changed our course
AZ 10 grt away from the horsemen. They got
part OF their hounds rallied so that they would
FOIL along and howl on our track. but they
coali not b. made to close up any more.
After awhile we would see these horsemen head.
Ing us OF again. and then we would cut in
other dir 'ctiou, and the hounds would give trcm
our cours, a.rain About noon we came to a small
srpsm of water We plunged into that, and
would stop down and take up our hands full Of
wat and drink we ran We kept in the bcd
ofthat stream for couple OF hours, and then the
L.. II 1917 a
Stone mountain, about eighteen miles east Of At
hnts, and went on the north side Of Il and CON
cealed ourselves n the grass Till dart. when we
picked osit the north star and Travelled bv it,
For twrnty days travelled BY night and
hid by day. Each day. for several DAYS, we
Gull Sea them after US. sometimes With DOS.
Fer six DAYS after we left Mason were with
our bite 60 rat save what the woods furnished.
alc'i a. nuts. bark. buds, etc. On the seventh
day we wcrc soing alouy a lit Ne stream that had
willows on bot1 sill ~ and which ran through q
d,ll we wished to cross. as there were mountains
OF the other side, and we thought we ,uld get
on their slope and b. travelling ia tao dsy time;
We had g;Slt coed fortune here. for We found
two ears Of cora On the bank All fs OF &C, %
In the creek, che OF Which captured by nicaus
Of the corr, aal thea getting into the mountains
we commenced TO pick goose. II anybody
ever pc9esi q cooscSwit aout scaling. they know
what klad OF a job we had, when we got tired
W 'ess each halls, leg and pulled : in two. ,Sn we
Bite Of IL, then OF cora That goose lasted several
dayst
O1 TIE tcufa CAV VIC TpdCsifu Tie C1af aEoC-
chce river There was rail fence alnn-siie Of
the woo,is and we took two large rails. crossed
them near ore IND. dashed them fast with tssrS.
aasl putting our clothes on the highest cnsi. we
folte-d at the other till we get acru~s We took
good Weep iu the thick cane break on the other
side
The next evening we came to q drove Of sail
PTS and began TO RE,an for one Fiuri,y stood
behind tire with club; Brown hit OF little
pieces 81 apple anal pitched TO the pigs: and soon
oar little fellow commenced TO pick up the pieces;
tsscn Brown sept wslrkins backward tail he passed
The tire wsiere stood. and when the pig followed
u2 s'Ns hsri vita my stick. Previous 70 this we
found an irca strap that had fastened show to
Is hanute. and one part Of It had been worn thin
livery good butcher knife. We s2ht thx piy. and
With each half ran up The side IL the r,,uurain
eniwatcd TIT dark for . wonderful ASH We
could 80 over the farm whcre sharo vas f3re
e1rninx out in bAek fc4d. AID Ne wxns there
and roasted Pig znUss OF tae nj shl Then re lad
o,e OF AtAoee fesstS you rcad about That pke
lasted till nc struck shc HiwAsDes river Ia ths
corner Of North Carolina Here had thought
Ne could run boat down BY night and hide n
tbs day time. but whsn ne saw the river Ne
cAanled our mind for e was swim strean. ft,I
q great rsckr, whese We couiI noS have run 4
canoe by daylight But We tried to cross. and
eaca picked out rock t.at we intended 70 rrach
AptanEed "a and uiescd r,s rocs as the current
eNcpt my feet away vhile tried to nut INV iantls
alt tcoeest 70 - wha2 bad issxsne a Erown
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